Advice to my student self

ByProfessor Suzanne Mason

Published19 July 2016

Suzanne Mason is professor of emergency medicine at the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research. Here she shares some thoughts on how she made the best out of her student days.

I cannot emphasise enough the value of finding senior mentors to provide support and careers advice.

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Professor Suzanne Mason

Suzanne qualified in medicine from London University in 1990, training initially in surgery and then specialising in emergency medicine. She joined Sheffield University as a senior clinical lecturer in 2001, and was promoted to reader in 2007 and professor in 2010. She divides her time between the university and as a consultant at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust emergency department.